Biography

Appeared on Michael Barrymore's 'My Kind of People' at the age of six.

The song 'Maya' on the album 'Three' is dedicated to her sister, Maya, who died in 2002.

Daughter, Tahlia Maya, (b. March 23 2005), with mechanic boyfriend Jay.

Took part in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

Her mother is Irish and her dad is from the Philippines

When I was with the girls, doing stuff like interviews was easier. Now, it's just me. It feels a bit scary. On stage, though, it's different. I feel free again. It reminds me of why I wanted to get into this business in the first place.

I don't think that friends should really be in a band together. Eventually business gets in the way because you have different views on how things should be done. But maybe we would have drifted apart anyway. We grew up in our time with the band. We became women - and our lives went in very different ways.

I don't actually like people touching me. Never have. That was a part of the band I didn't like. You always had people touching you - make-up artists, stylists, fans. People can think they own you. They all want a little piece of you.

[recalling an embarrassing encounter at CD:UK in early 2006] I made the effort to go and see the girls, and say hello to Amelle, and they threw it in my face. Apparently, Heidi was shocked and upset, and I made Amelle feel out of place and put them all off their performance. I haven't spoken to them since.

[on being replaced as a Sugababe] It was hurtful, yeah. I said to my managers, 'Don't make her like me.' But it was a cloning. I know it was me who wanted out, but it's still hard to see that. It's like seeing your ex with another girl - you don't want him any more, but it hurts anyway.